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genera and species? Here a whole fauna is treated in the same 
manner. It is a purely technical work, embracing classification, 
differential enumeration, and nomenclature, and many a young 
English zoologist may find himself helped over several stiles by 
the possession of this small and not expensive book.. The 
illustrations are very clear, while the course followed throughout 
reminds us of the method of a well-thumbed volume of our early 
days—Stephen’s ‘ Manual of British Beetles.’ 
We sometimes meet with antedated books, but this bears the 
date of 1899. 
